NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 156 A Crim R 454
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal
CITATION: Regina v Frank Waqa (No 2) [2005] NSWCCA 33
HEARING DATE(S): 11 February 2005
JUDGMENT DATE: 24 February 2005
JUDGMENT OF: Dunford J at 1; Simpson J at 20; Hidden J at 24
DECISION: Application dismissed
CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - Sentencing - discount on account of assistance - failure to fulfill undertaking - Crown appeal - calculation of discount allowed for future assistance - application to re-open proceedings - whether sentence imposed "contrary to law" - methods of calculating multiple discounts - WORDS and PHRASES - "contrary to law"
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Appeal Act 1912
AB v The Queen [1999] HCA 4; 198 CLR 111 Johnson v The Queen [2004] HCA 15; 78 ALJR 616; 205 ALR 346 R v El Hani [2000] NSWCCA 162 R v Finnie (No 2) [2004] NSWCCA 150 R v Lynn [2004] NSWCCA 222 R v Mako [2004] NSWCC 90 CASES CITED: R v NP [2003] NSWCCA 195 R v OPA [2004] NSWCCA 464 R v Sutton [2004] NSWCCA 225 R v Thomson; R v Houlton [2000] NSWCCA 309; 49 NSWLR 383 R v Waqa [2004] NSWCCA 405 Wong v The Queen; Leung v The Queen [2001] HCA 64; 207 CLR 584
PARTIES: Regina v Frank Waqa (No 2)
FILE NUMBER(S): CCA 2004/2032
G Rowling - Crown COUNSEL: H Dhanji - Respondent
S Kavanagh - Crown SOLICITORS: S O'Connor - Respondent
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION:
- 1 - IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL 2004/2032
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